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Major window manufacturers: Marvin, Andersen, Sierra Pacific. We have just broken ground for the foundation on our new house and are under some pressure to finalize our window schedule and manufacturer. We are building an ICF pretty good home. Would like to have a durable exterior (ie composite or aluminum clad) and wood interior able to take ...
A collection of one thousand construction details organized by climate and house part. Search and download construction details. matthew25 Nov 02, 2023 07:37am #1. I looked on their website and the best U-value I saw was for the Aluminum Clad Aspen Casement Picture window, triple pane argon filled at U-0.14 which is about R7.
Along with minimizing the risk of condensation at the edges of windows, warm-edge spacers will improve the overall unit U-factor of a typical residential, double-glazed window by about U-0.02 Btu/hr·ft2·°F. For example, if the unit U-factor with standard aluminum spacers would be 0.30, the warm-edge spacers would reduce that to 0.28.
I was spec’ing Sierra Pacific windows for a project and now my client wants to go with a super old school traditional wood window/jamb built in a small millwork shop. The house was built in the 60’s so he wants to keep that northern california coastal cottage feel. My main concerns are:
Marvin wouldn't ship to over 5000' with gas, Sierra Pacific only shipped to Colorado with air, and I am pretty sure Integrity wouldn't do argon over 5000' either. The dealer for Marvin tried to tell me that the argon was overrated and would all leak out anyway. I doubt that very much and the performance of the Alpen windows has been excellent.
Center of glass is the glass surface that is not within the outer 2-1/2 in. of the edge. For condensation resistance calculations the edge of glass is measured to 1 in. from the edge, rather than 2-1/2 in., but center of glass remains at 2-1/2 in. from the edge. Both U-factor and condensation resistance computations for windows consider edge of ...
The WRB is likely old tarpaper. Because of the horizontal lap siding we’re hoping to not have to remove any siding to make this happen. I’ll end up cutting back the siding around the existing windows to make room for new trim. I feel as if liquid flash might be a good candidate for this project to flash the rough openings, out onto the ...
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There are several owner builder, building a budget house facebook page where people have bought these windows and been very happy with them. Quotes for basic USA windows for $50k and Doorwin coming in at something like $21k delivered after shipping, tariffs and taxes. My parents just finished their 5Ksqft home.
U-Factor measures how well the window insulates. The window transmits non-solar heat flow and has the ability to keep heat inside your home. The lower the number, the better a product is at keeping heat in. Range: 0.1–1. Look for: Low numbers; best ≤0.30.